CNN alters controversial homicide arrest headline after saying Jewish protester 'fell and hit his head'

CNN changed a headline on Thursday following outrage over their report about an arrest being made for the death of a Jewish man at a protest in Los Angeles earlier this month. 

The Ventura County Sheriff's Department announced that Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, had been taken into custody and charged with involuntary manslaughter related to the death of Paul Kessler on Nov. 5. Investigators with the department allege that Alnaji caused Kessler, a 69-year-old pro-Israel protester, to knock his head onto the concrete when he fell, which resulted in brain hemorrhaging that led to his death hours later in the hospital. Some witnesses have told Fox News Digital that the pro-Palestinian protester struck Kessler with his megaphone.

According to the Wayback Machine, CNN’s original headline read, "Arrest made in death of Jewish protester who fell and hit his head." However, hours later, it changed.

"Arrest made in death of Jewish protester in California after confrontation over Israel-Hamas war," the new headline reads.

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The update followed intense online backlash from people accusing the news organization of bias.

"If all he did was fall and hit his head, why is anyone being arrested? Is the state of critical thinking today such that no one is expected to analyze nonsense headlines like this?" BitChute senior policy officer Amy Peikoff asked. 

"There's no fixing this. Either journalists are doing it on purpose or they're too far gone to know the difference. Either way," Sen. Ted Cruz's national security advisor Omri Ceren wrote.

National Review contributor Pradheep Shanker agreed, "The bias is real."

"They are also not saying that the suspect is a California college ‘professor.’ There's no fixing universities either," Daily Signal contributor Mike Gonzalez wrote, noting he's a computer science professor at Ventura County Community College.

Root Ventures partner Lee Edwards commented, "So weird. If he fell and hit his head, why was someone arrested?"

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CNN previously updated a headline regarding its original coverage of Kessler’s death. A Nov. 7 article was originally titled "Man in California dies after suffering head injury at pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrations" according to the Wayback Machine. Hours later, the article was reedited to "Jewish man dies from head injury following ‘interaction’ with pro-Palestinian demonstrator in California, authorities say."

A CNN spokesperson told Fox News Digital the headline was updated to be stronger and clearer. 

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Kessler's autopsy at the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office determined the cause of death to be blunt force head injury and the manner of death to be homicide, per the office's press release. 

Alnaji is currently incarcerated at Ventura County Jail on $1,000,000 bail. His first appearance at Ventura County Superior Court is scheduled for November 20.

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Mariah Carey admits shocking Christmas confession

Mariah Carey is sharing her secrets.

During an appearance on "The Jennifer Hudson Show," Carey shared that she does not drive herself around because she does not have a driver's license. She confessed that when it expired seven years ago, she never renewed it.

When Hudson asked Carey if she prefers to drive herself to places solo, the musician replied, "The thing is, it's just better for me to just go with somebody in the car and not drive, but I can drive." 

Hudson was shocked to hear that Carey did not have a license. The "All I Want for Christmas" singer quickly clarified why she does not.

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"I let it expire," she said, before noting that she had one before moving out of New York City. "You don't really want to drive in Manhattan." 

Carey said she eventually went to the DMV for her driver's license, and she was informed that it expired seven years ago, and she would need to retake the test.

"So then I was going to have to take the test again," Carey said. "I don't think I'd pass if I took the test again," Hudson said before Carey agreed.

"So now I'm going to try to get the license again, okay?" Carey told Hudson. 

Hudson also told Carey that she inspired her "dream closet."

Mariah shared that her favorite item in her closet is "probably a pair of some hideous slides" because she is not a fan of sneakers.

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"I get a blister on the back of my foot," Carey said of why she does not wear sneakers. She noted that heels are also uncomfortable for her, so she wears "fuzzy slippers."

Elsewhere during the interview, Carey – the self-proclaimed "Queen of Christmas" – revealed her favorite Christmas song, and it is not her own. 

"My favorite all-time Christmas song is Nat King Cole's version of [The] Christmas Song — that’s my favorite," Carey told Hudson, who responded, "That was my grandmother’s favorite."

Carey has recently been under fire for her classic Christmas song, "All I Want for Christmas Is You."

Musician Andy Stone sued Carey for $20 million in a California court on Oct. 30, alleging her popular holiday song infringed on his copyright.

Stone, the lead vocalist of Vince Vance and the Valiants, co-wrote his song — also titled "All I Want for Christmas is You" — in 1989. Stone accused Carey and her team of copying his song's "compositional structure," according to the complaint obtained by Fox News Digital.

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Carey "directly" copied lyrics from Stone's 1989 hit and "approximately 50%" of the song is copyright infringement, the court docs stated.

Stone claimed Carey and her team "undoubtedly" had access to his version of "All I Want for Christmas is You" due to its "wide commercial and cultural success." Stone's song charted on Billboard for years, and his band performed the song during an appearance at the White House in the spring of 1994 — the same year Carey's song was released.

Carey's Christmas hit has been a holiday staple since it was released in 1994. "All I Want for Christmas is You" topped the Billboard Hot 100 and has sold more than 10 million copies.

Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.

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